Narrative:
The no. 1 engine oversped 2 minutes after takeoff from Tenerife. The pilot tried to feather the prop when the normal engine overspeed procedures didn't work, but the prop failed to feather. The DC-3 was losing height and had to be ditched. The plane remained afloat for 5 minutes before it sank. One passenger who had impeded the evacuation of the other passengers refused to abandon the aircraft.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident resulted as a consequence of propeller overspeed on the left side, the cause of which could not be determined owing to the fact that the aircraft was not recovered."
» ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.16 - Volume II, Circular 82-AN/69 (102-103)
accident date: 16-09-1966
type: Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3)
registration: EC-ACX
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Friday 16 September 1966 |
| Time: | 08:25 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
| Operating for: | Iberia |
| Leased from: | Spantax |
| Registration: | EC-ACX |
| MSN: | 19410 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 25134 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 24 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 27 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off El Sauzal ( Spain)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tenerife-Los Rodeos International Airport (TCI/GCXO), Spain |
| Santa Cruz-La Palma Airport (SPC/GCLA), Spain | |
| Flightnumber: | IB261 |
The no. 1 engine oversped 2 minutes after takeoff from Tenerife. The pilot tried to feather the prop when the normal engine overspeed procedures didn't work, but the prop failed to feather. The DC-3 was losing height and had to be ditched. The plane remained afloat for 5 minutes before it sank. One passenger who had impeded the evacuation of the other passengers refused to abandon the aircraft.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident resulted as a consequence of propeller overspeed on the left side, the cause of which could not be determined owing to the fact that the aircraft was not recovered."
Classification:
Ditching
Sources:
» El mundo de la aviación, blog by Juan Carlos Díaz Lorenzo» ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.16 - Volume II, Circular 82-AN/69 (102-103)
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accident date: 16-09-1966
type: Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3)
registration: EC-ACX
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Distance from Tenerife-Los Rodeos International Airport to Santa Cruz-La Palma Airport as the crow flies is 138 km (86 miles).
Distance from Tenerife-Los Rodeos International Airport to Santa Cruz-La Palma Airport as the crow flies is 138 km (86 miles).
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